Educational opportunities
The list would be amusing if it weren't true. From
The College Fix:
Outrageous offerings
Perusing class schedules at universities across the nation illustrates that legitimate courses of study can be found among the hallowed halls of higher education, but there�s plenty of fringe, questionable, biased or pointless classes peppered throughout. Here�s a look at some of the more extreme examples of that from this fall�s course catalogs:
Anthropology
Columbia University, UC Berkeley
Apparently hauntings and Satanic possession isn�t just the darling of Hollywood right now. Some colleges� anthropology departments have taken a liking to the subject this fall. Columbia University offers a course called �text, magic, performance.� Its description states the class:�pursues interconnections linking text and performance in light of magic, ritual, possession, narration, and related articulations of power. � Domains of inquiry include: spirit possession, trance states, s�ance, witchcraft, ritual performance, and related realms of cinematic projection, musical form, shadow theater, performative objects, and (other) things that move on their own, compellingly. � Retraced throughout the course are the uncanny shadows of a fully possessed subject.�
Sure, sounds like it might be a fun class and there are some others that look interesting at the site but is this something that you really want to waste your time and money on when you could be learning something useful for after you graduate? Sheesh!
Posted by DaveH at September 13, 2012 12:16 PM